# City of Johannesburg District, Gauteng Province – Population

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District · Gauteng Province 

# City of Johannesburg District

City of Johannesburg District is a district or metropolitan municipality of South Africa in Gauteng Province. It had an estimated **5,540,727 people** in 2020 on 1,645 km² (about 3,368 per km²). Its main town is Johannesburg. It is divided into 1 local municipalities. 482 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 14,564 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 5,540,727people (2020)
- 1,645km²
- 1local municipalities
- 14,564mapped services

## How many people live in City of Johannesburg District?

City of Johannesburg District had an estimated **5,540,727 people** in 2020 — 37.5% of Gauteng Province, the most populous of 50 districts. There are 962 women for every 1,000 men (above the Gauteng Province figure of 952). Spread over 1,645 km², that is about **3,368 people per km²**, the most densely populated of 50 districts.

22.2% of people are children under 15 and 4.8% are 65 or older; the median age is about 30 years (it is 30 across Gauteng Province). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 37 children and older people.

0–4 ****466,015**

5–9 ****405,636**

10–14 ****358,739**

15–19 ****345,056**

20–24 ****501,117**

25–29 ****645,215**

30–34 ****712,486**

35–39 ****561,080**

40–44 ****397,887**

45–49 ****291,605**

50–54 ****234,779**

55–59 ****198,219**

60–64 ****157,230**

65–69 ****111,569**

70–74 ****72,864**

75–79 ****46,018**

80+ ****35,212**

Source: [Statistics South Africa 2016 Community Survey Population via OCHA HDX, population 2020 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-zaf).

## Where is City of Johannesburg District?

City of Johannesburg District lies in [Gauteng Province](https://wherepedia.org/south-africa/gauteng/), [South Africa](https://wherepedia.org/south-africa/). It borders 4 other districts: [City of Tshwane District](https://wherepedia.org/south-africa/gauteng/city-of-tshwane/), [Ekurhuleni District](https://wherepedia.org/south-africa/gauteng/ekurhuleni/), [Sedibeng District](https://wherepedia.org/south-africa/gauteng/sedibeng/) and [West Rand District](https://wherepedia.org/south-africa/gauteng/west-rand/). By area it is the smallest of 52 districts in South Africa. It covers 9.0% of [Gauteng Province](https://wherepedia.org/south-africa/gauteng/). The centre of City of Johannesburg District is about 59 km in a straight line from Pretoria, the capital. The centre point is at 26.2148° S, 27.9195° E. Local names: JHB .

Source: [South African Municipal Demarcation Board via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-zaf).

## Things to see in and around City of Johannesburg District

OpenStreetMap lists 146 named sights in City of Johannesburg District: 32 attractions; 30 museums; 26 nature reserves; 26 memorials; 11 monuments; 5 viewpoints; 4 zoos; 4 galleries; 3 ruins; 2 waterfalls; 2 theme parks; 1 castle or fort.

- Apartheid Museum · museum
- Credo Mutwa Cultural Village · museum
- Crush Museum · museum
- Delta Environmental Centre · museum
- Exploratory - Science Centre · museum
- Fietas Museum · museum
- Hector Pieterson Museum · museum
- James Hall Museum of Transport · museum
- Johannesburg Art Gallery · museum
- Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre · museum
- Katyn Memorial · museum
- Liliesleaf Farm · museum
- Lindfield Victorian House Museum · museum
- Mandela House · museum
- Mandela House Alexandra · museum
- Museum Africa · museum
- Museum Of African Design · museum
- Museum of Illusions · museum
- National Museum of Military History · museum
- Number Four Prison · museum
- Old Fort Prison · museum
- Origins Centre · museum
- Roodepoort Museum · museum
- Satyagraha House · museum
- Sci-Bono Centre · museum
- Train Museum · museum
- Wits Anglo American Digital Dome · museum
- Wits Art Museum · museum
- Women's Jail · museum
- Workers Museum · museum

…and 116 more.

Source: [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

Named attractions, museums, viewpoints, historic sites and natural features mapped in OpenStreetMap. Places of worship are not listed.

## Know before you go: City of Johannesburg District

- Time zoneUTC+2, no daylight saving · Africa/Johannesburg
- CurrencyRand (ZAR)
- Country calling code+27
- LanguagesZulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Pedi, English, Tswana
- Plug typesType C, D · 230 V
- Driving sideLeft
- Postcode format4 digits (####)

### Nearest airports

- Lanseria International Airport (HLA) · Johannesburg31 km
- O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) · Johannesburg34 km

### Nearest railway station

Mzimhlope (City of Johannesburg), about 1.0 km from the centre.

### Daylight

Days are longest in Dec (about 13.8 hours, sunrise around 05:10) and shortest in Jun (about 10.5 hours, sunrise around 06:53, sunset around 17:23).

Source: [GeoNames country and time-zone files (CC BY 4.0)](https://www.geonames.org/); [Wikidata (CC0) — plug types, mains voltage, driving side; retrieved 2026-11-03](https://www.wikidata.org/); [OurAirports (public domain)](https://ourairports.com/data/).

Airports with scheduled passenger flights; straight-line distances. Daylight is calculated for the 15th of each month in local standard time. Check entry and visa rules with official government sources before travelling.

## Local municipalities of City of Johannesburg District

Local municipality People per km² Area km² Localities Services 

[City of Johannesburg](https://wherepedia.org/south-africa/gauteng/city-of-johannesburg/city-of-johannesburg/) 5,540,727 3,368 1,645 482 14,564 

Source: [South African Municipal Demarcation Board via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-zaf); [Statistics South Africa 2016 Community Survey Population via OCHA HDX, population 2020 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-zaf).

## Villages and localities in City of Johannesburg District

Open gazetteers list **482 villages, towns and localities** in City of Johannesburg District. The largest with a recorded population: Johannesburg (9,418,183), Soweto (1,695,047), Diepsloot (350,000), Randburg (337,053), Roodepoort (326,416) and Ivory Park (184,383). Settlements here lie between about 1,358 m and 1,800 m above sea level (median 1,623 m).

- Abbotsford
- Abmarie AH
- Aeroton
- Alan Manor
- Albertskroon
- Albertville
- Albertynsville
- Aldarapark
- Alexandra
- Allen's Nek
- Alsef AH
- Althea
- Althea AH
- Antwerp
- Armadale
- Aspen Lakes
- Atholl Gardens
- Auckland Park
- Austin View
- Avalon
- Bantjesloo
- Baragwanath
- Barbeque Downs
- Bassonia
- Beaulieu
- Bellevue
- Benmore Gardens
- Benrose
- Berea
- Bergbron
- Bertrams
- Beverley Gardens
- Bezuidenhoutsvallei
- Birdhaven
- Birnam Park
- Blackheath
- Blairgowrie
- Bloubosrand
- Blue Hills
- Booysens
- Booysens Reserve
- Bordeaux
- Boskruin
- Bosmont
- Braamfontein
- Bram Fischerville
- Bramley
- Bramley Gardens
- Brink’s Vlakfontein
- Brixton
- Broadacres
- Broadacres AH
- Bromhof
- Bruma
- Bryanston
- Bryanston West Ext 1
- Buccleuch
- Carenvale
- Carlswald
- Chartwell
- Chartwell West
- Chiawelo
- Chrisville
- Claremont
- Constantia Kloof
- Coronationville
- Cosmo City
- Cottesloe
- Country View
- Craigavon
- Craighall
- Craighall Park
- Cresta
- Creswell Park
- Crosby
- Crown
- Crown Garden
- Crown Gardens
- Crowthorne
- Cyrildene
- Dainfern
- Dainfern Ridge
- Darrenwood
- Davidsonville
- De Wetshof
- Delarey
- Denver
- Devland
- Diepkloof
- Diepkloof Zone 5
- Diepsloot
- Diepsloot West 6
- Discovery
- Dlamini
- Dobsonville
- Dobsonville Gardens
- Doornfontein
- Doornkop
- Douglasdale
- Douglasdale Ext 99
- Drie Ziek
- Dube
- Dunkeld
- Dunkeld West
- Duxberry
- Eagle Canyon
- Eagle Canyon Golf Estate
- East Town
- Eastgate
- Ebony Park
- Edenburg
- Eikenhof
- Elandsfontein
- Elandspark
- Eldorado Park
- Eldoradopark
- Electron
- Emdeni
- Emmarentia
- Emndeni
- Ennerdale
- Ennerdale South
- Erand
- Fairland
- Fairmount
- Fairview
- Farmall
- Ferndale
- Ferreirasdorp
- Finetown
- Fleurhof
- Floracliffe
- Florida
- Florida Glen
- Florida Hills
- Florida Lake
- Florida North
- Florida Park
- Fontainebleau
- Fordsburg
- Forest Hill
- Forest Town
- Fourways
- Franklin Roosevelt Park
- Gallo Manor
- Georginia
- Gillview
- Glen Austin
- Glenanda
- Gleneagles
- Glenhazel
- Glenvista
- Gold Reef City
- Grasmere
- Greenside
- Greenstone Hill
- Gresswold
- Greymont
- Groblerpark
- Haddon
- Halfway House
- Hamberg
- Hartebeestfontein
- Helderkruin
- Heriotdale
- Highlands North
- Hillbrow
- Hiltonia
- Homestead Park
- Honeydew
- Honeyhill
- Hopefield
- Horison
- Horisonpark
- Horizon View
- Houghton Estate
- Hurlingham
- Hurlingham Gardens
- Hursthill
- Hyde Park
- Illovo
- Inadan
- Inanda
- Ivory Park
- Jabavu
- Jabulani
- Jacanlee
- Jackson’s Drift
- Jeppestown
- Johannesburg
- Johannesburg CBD
- Johannesburg North
- Johannesburg South
- Judith's Paarl
- Jukskei Park
- Kaalfontein
- Kelland
- Kelvin
- Kengies Ext 21
- Kenilworth
- Kensington
- Kensington B
- Kensington South
- Kew
- Kibler Park
- Killarney
- Kleve Hill Park
- Klipriviersoog
- Klipspruit
- Klipspruit-Wes
- Kloofendal
- Kya Sands
- Kya Sands Informal Settlement
- Kyalami
- Kyalami Park
- La Rochelle
- Lakeside
- Langlaagte North
- Lanseria
- Lawley
- Lawley Estate
- Lawley South
- Lehae
- Lenasia
- Lenasia Ext 13
- Lenasia Ext 5
- Lenasia Ext. 1
- Lenasia South
- Lenasia South Ext 4
- Leratong Village
- Linbro Park
- Lindbergh Park
- Linden
- Lindhaven
- Linksfield
- Linksfield North
- Linksfield Ridge
- Linmeyer
- Lion Park Informal Settlement
- Little Falls
- Lombardy East
- Lone Hill
- Longmeadow East
- Lyme Park
- Lyndhurst
- Maboneng Precinct
- Magaliessig
- Malanshof
- Malvern
- Malvern East
- Manufacta
- Mapetla
- Maraisburg
- Marlboro
- Maroeladal
- Marshalltown
- Martindale
- Mayfair
- Mayfair West
- Mayfield
- Meadowhurst
- Meadowlands
- Meadowlands East
- Meadowlands East Zone 3
- Meadowlands West
- Meadowlands West Zone 10
- Meadowlands Zone 3
- Megawatt Park
- Melrose
- Melrose Estate
- Melrose North
- Melville
- Mid-Ennerdale
- Midrand
- Modderfontein
- Moffat View
- Mofolo
- Mofolo North
- Mofolo South
- Molapo
- Moletsane
- Mondeor
- Montclare
- Montgomery Park
- Montroux
- Moret
- Morning Side Extentions
- Morningside
- Morningside Manor
- Moroka
- Motsoaledi View
- Mulbarton
- Naledi
- Nancefield
- Naturena
- Newclare
- Newlands
- Newtown
- Noordgesig
- Noordhang
- Noordwyk
- Norscot
- North Riding
- Northcliff
- Northdene
- Northgate
- Northwold
- Norwood
- Ntshonalanga
- Oakdene
- Oaklands
- Olivedale
- Ontdekkerspark
- Ophirton
- Orange Farm
- Orange Grove
- Orchards
- Orlando
- Orlando East
- Orlando Ekhaya
- Orlando West
- Ormonde
- Ormonde View
- Paardekraal
- Paarlshoop
- Parkhurst
- Parkmore
- Parktown
- Parktown North
- Parkview
- Parkwood
- Paulshof
- Petervale
- Pimville
- Pimville Zone 7
- Poortje
- Power Park
- President Park
- President Ridge
- Princess
- Protea
- Protea Glen
- Protea North
- Protea South
- Queen's Haven
- Quellerina
- Rabie Ridge
- Radiokop
- Randburg
- Randjesfontein
- Randjespark
- Randpark
- Randpark Ridge
- Reefhaven
- Regent's Park
- Rembrandtpark
- Richmond
- Ridgeway
- Risana
- Risidale
- Rispark
- River Club
- Riverlea
- Riviera
- Rivonia
- Rivonia Gardens
- Robertsham
- Robertville
- Robin Acres
- Robin Hills
- Robindale
- Roodekrans
- Roodepoort
- Roodepoort-Noord
- Roodepoort-Wes
- Roosevelt Park
- Roseacre
- Rosebank
- Rosettenville
- Rosettenville Ext
- Rosherville
- Rossmore
- Ruimsig
- Ruiterhof
- Sandhurst
- Sandhurts
- Sandown
- Sandringham
- Sandton
- Savoy Estate
- Saxonwold
- Selby
- Selwyn
- Senaoane
- Sharonlea
- Slovoville
- Sonneglans
- Sophiatown (Triomf)
- Soteba
- South Hills

…and 82 more.

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of City of Johannesburg District

Named natural and historic features inside City of Johannesburg District, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

2 reservoirs and tanks; 2 rivers and streams; 1 lake; 1 dam.

- Florida Lake
- Jukskeirivier
- Klein Jukskeirivier
- New Canada Dam
- Orlando Dam
- Rosherville Dam

### Hills and mountains

5 hills.

- Spioenkop · 1,765 m
- Doringkop · 1,633 m
- Boskop · 1,618 m
- Radiokop · 1,615 m
- Leeukop · 1,517 m

### Forests and nature

2 nature reserves; 1 wildlife reserve.

- Diepsloot Natuurreservaat
- Lion Park
- Melville Koppies

### History

2 museums; 1 historic site.

- Apartheid Museum
- Liliesleaf Farm
- South African National Museum of Military History

### Estates

1 estate.

- Morningside

### Getting around

33 railway stations; 2 airports; 1 airfield.

- Baragwanath Vliegveld
- Booysens
- Bosmont
- Croesus
- Crown
- Denver
- Faraday
- Florida
- Fordsburg
- Grand Central Airport
- Grasmere
- Hamberg
- Jeppe
- Johannesburg Station
- Kliptown
- Langlaagte
- Lanseria International Airport
- Lawley
- Longdale
- Maraisburg
- Merafe
- Mid way
- Mlamlankunzi
- Mzimhlope

…and 12 more.

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in City of Johannesburg District and the best time to visit

In City of Johannesburg District, the warmest month is Jan (average 22 °C) and the coolest is Jul (10 °C). About 642 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Dec (127 mm) and the driest Jul (3 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **February to June and August to November**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 22 122 

Feb 21 82 

Mar 20 73 

Apr 17 43 

May 13 16 

Jun 10 7 

Jul 10 3 

Aug 13 7 

Sep 17 16 

Oct 20 57 

Nov 21 89 

Dec 21 127 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Hospitals, banks and other services in City of Johannesburg District

Places mapped inside City of Johannesburg District in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Hospitals304
- Banks779
- ATMs387
- Petrol pumps868
- Hotels959
- Shopping malls544
- Schools5,046
- Colleges and universities314
- Cinemas48
- Pharmacies531
- Restaurants4,421
- Police stations92
- Dental clinics271

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Quick answers

- Where is City of Johannesburg District?In Gauteng Province, South Africa
- What is the population of City of Johannesburg District?5,540,727 (2020 estimate)
- What is the median age in City of Johannesburg District?About 30 years (2020 estimate)
- What is the population density of City of Johannesburg District?About 3,368 people per km²
- What borders City of Johannesburg District?City of Tshwane District, Ekurhuleni District, Sedibeng District and West Rand District
- What is there to see in City of Johannesburg District?AGOG Gallery, Apartheid Museum, Avalon Blue Plaque, BEC Gallery
- What time zone is City of Johannesburg District in?UTC+2
- What currency is used in City of Johannesburg District?Rand (ZAR)
- What language is spoken in City of Johannesburg District?Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans (main languages nationally)
- How many villages are in City of Johannesburg District?482 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of City of Johannesburg District?Settlements lie between 1,358 m and 1,800 m
- How many reservoirs and tanks are in City of Johannesburg District?2 named in GeoNames
- What is the highest point in City of Johannesburg District?Spioenkop (1,765 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit City of Johannesburg District?February to June and August to November
- How many hospitals are in City of Johannesburg District?304 mapped
- How many banks are in City of Johannesburg District?779 mapped
- How many ATMs are in City of Johannesburg District?387 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in City of Johannesburg District?868 mapped
- What is the P-code of City of Johannesburg District?ZA798 (OCHA common operational dataset)